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CVE-2015-6526

Description

The perf_callchain_user_64 function in arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.2 on ppc64 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a deep 64-bit userspace backtrace.

POC

Reference

- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2760-1

Github

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